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1580s, Italian sultana (feminine of sultano). Displaced existing sultaness.^[1]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsʌlˈtɑː.nə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌsʌlˈtæn.ə/, /ˌsʌlˈtɑ.nə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

sultana (plural sultanas)

1. A pale yellow raisin made from a seedless grape.

   Synonym: (American English) golden raisin

2. A wife or mistress of a sultan.

   Synonym: sultaness

3. A female ruler of a sultanate.

   Synonym: sultaness

4. A type of viol, a cither viol.
5. An old form of necklace.

• sultana bird

• odalisque

• alaunts, anlauts

• IPA^(key): /sulˈta.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: sul‧tà‧na

sultana f (plural sultane, masculine sultano)

1. sultan (female relative of sultan)

• salunta

• IPA^(key): /sulˈtaːna/

sultana f

1. female equivalent of sultan; a queen; a female monarch or ruler, or the wife of a male one

   Synonym: reġina

   • 1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Għanja ta’ Żgħożiti”, in Mill-Gallerija ta’ Żgħożiti:

     Il-Għanja ta’ Żgħożiti
     - bil-ferħ insiġtha jien, -
     hi għanja lis-Sbuħija
     Sultana tal-ħolqien.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• The word is rare for the queens of modern internationally recognised states, but is otherwise still used in a broader or historical sense.

• Hyphenation: sul‧ta‧na

sultana f (plural sultanas)

1. sultana (wife of a sultan)

• IPA^(key): /sulˈtana/ [sul̪ˈt̪a.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: sul‧ta‧na

sultana f (plural sultanas, masculine sultán, masculine plural sultanes)

1. sultana

• “sultana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Borrowed from Spanish sultana.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /sulˈtana/ [sʊlˈt̪aː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: sul‧ta‧na

sultana (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜎ᜔ᜆᜈ)

1. sultana (mother, wife, or daughter of the sultan)
2. sultana (a pale yellow raisin made from a seedless grape)

• “sultana”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• sulatan